Japans Disaster Governance How was the 3.11 Crisis Managed? /

• Main Authors: Suzuki, Itoko. (Author), Kaneko, Yuko. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization ; 4
• Subjects: Economics.; Economics/Management Science.; Public Administration.; Political Science, general.; Economics/Management Science, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6151-7

Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become national and even global crises. Todays world urgently needs a new body of knowledge and techniques for the mitigation of and response to disaster. Central to such a body of knowledge are disast...

Table of Contents:

• Contents
• Introduction
• Brief overview of the Tohoku 3.11 Mega Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima NPS Disasters
• Government institutions available at time of the 3.11disaster for the emergency management
• How the 3.11 emergency responses for the gigantic natural disasters were actually organized?
• Managing Fukushima NPS accidents: in particular focus on government crisis communication
• Road to Recovery and Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake
• Conclusion.